Fundamentally, that if we allow the American people to believe that we are going to tolerate a regime that not only has unbelievable humanitarian atrocities that continue to get leveled on an almost daily basis but that we are going to tolerate it as an American people, it sends the wrong message.
Ros-Lehtinen emphasizes the importance of not tolerating humanitarian atrocities.
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The United States and our partners have a responsibility to do everything that we can to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the people of Venezuela.
It's important to note Ranking Member Engel's BURMA Act, which still needs to be passed and that aims to impose additional sanctions.
In 2014, we supported a resolution that this committee passed--Jim McGovern's House Resolution 418, which called for an end to persecution.
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